• SNAP/Food Stamps
  • Disaster SNAP/Food Stamps
  • SNAP/Food Stamp Eligibility
  • Participation: Gaps in Coverage and Counter-cyclical Impact
  • SNAP/Food Stamp Historic Trends: 1998-2010
  • Homeless Persons' Rights under the SNAP/Food Stamp Program
• School Breakfast Program
  • Expanding School Breakfast Participation
  • School Breakfast Outreach
  • School Breakfast State/Local Data Report Toolkit
  • School Meal Eligibility
  • School Meal Nutrition Standards
  • Local School Wellness Policies
• National School Lunch Program
• Afterschool Nutrition Programs
  • FRAC's Afterschool Meals Guide
  • Reimbursement Rates
  • Model Programs
  • Outreach Materials
  • Standards of Excellence - Afterschool Programs
  • Model Advocacy Efforts - Afterschool
  • Snack and Meal FAQ
  • NSLP Afterschool Snacks
  • Model Afterschool Snacks and Suppers
• Summer Nutrition Programs
  • Summer Nutrition Programs Implementation Calendars and Guide
  • Summer Reimbursement Rates
  • Summer FAQ
  • Nutrition Guidelines
  • Model Summer Programs
  • Model Advocacy Efforts - Summer Programs
  • Summer Nutrition Toolkit
  • State Summer Outreach Materials Clearinghouse
  • Standards of Excellence - Summer Programs
• Child and Adult Care Food Program
  • CACFP Eligibility & Reimbursement
  • Child Care Food Program Wellness Tool Kit
• WIC (Women, Infants and Children)
  • New Food Package Toolkit
  • Making WIC Work in Multicultural Communities
• Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
  • FFVP Outreach
  • FFVP Planning Tool
• Other Programs

Local School Wellness Policies

FRAC Resources

• Competitive Food Resources
• School Wellness Policy Checkup (pdf)
• School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Students (pdf)
• Parent outreach brochure (pdf)

More Wellness Policy Resources

• USDA Team Nutrition Resources
• Action for Healthy Kids Wellness Policy Tool
• School Nutrition Association’s Wellness Policy Resources
• CDC Healthy Youth! Local Wellness Policy Tools and Resources

All schools participating in the school meal programs must develop and implement a local school wellness policy.

The wellness policy must address:

• goals for nutrition education
• goals for physical activity
• nutrition guidelines for all foods available at school
• goals for other school-based activities designed to promote student wellness
• plans for evaluating implementation of the policy

School wellness policies are an important tool to address obesity and promote healthy eating and physical activity through changes in school environments.

FRAC’s School Wellness Policy Guide

School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Students (see box)  is a guide for anti-hunger advocates, parents and school community leaders that addresses the special concerns of low-income students in local school wellness policies. The guide provides sample policies, model programs and key research information that are important tools to address the nutrition concerns of low-income children and communities in the development of school wellness policies. The guide is intended to supplement the many existing tools available for designing and implementing school wellness policies, by providing strategies that address the unique needs of low-income students, families and communities.